The Teahouse of the August Moon (film)

The Teahouse of the August Moon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDaniel Mann
Written byJohn Patrick
Based onThe Teahouse of the August Moon
1951 novel
by Vern J. Sneider
Produced byJack Cummings
StarringMarlon Brando
Glenn Ford
Machiko Kyō
Eddie Albert
Paul Ford
Harry Morgan
CinematographyJohn Alton
Edited byHarold F. Kress
Music bySaul Chaplin
June Hershey
Kikuko Kanai
Don Swander
Kikuro Kanai
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release date
  • November 29, 1956 (1956-11-29)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,926,000[1]
Box office$8,925,000[1][2]

The Teahouse of the August Moon is a 1956 American comedy film directed by Daniel Mann and starring Marlon Brando. It satirizes the U.S. occupation and Americanization of the island of Okinawa following the end of World War II in 1945.

John Patrick adapted the screenplay from his own Pulitzer-Prize- and Tony Award-winning Broadway play of 1953. The play was, in turn, adapted from a 1951 novel by Vern J. Sneider.[3] The film was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.[4] The supporting cast features Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyō, Eddie Albert, Paul Ford and Harry Morgan.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ US and Canada take see "All Time Domestic Champs", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34
  3. ^ Sneider, Vern J. (1951). The Teahouse of the August Moon. New York: Putnam. OCLC 429098.
  4. ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for The Teahouse of the August Moon". imdb.com. Retrieved 2009-12-30.

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